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Colorado Springs police identify victim in fatal shooting

A man who was shot to death Thursday night in eastern Colorado Springs was identified Friday as 22-year-old Carlos Espinoza.

Colorado Springs police found a wounded Espinzoa in the middle of the road near Byron Drive and South Murray Boulevard after officers went to the area shortly after 8:30 p.m. Thursday to investigate reports of shots fired. According to police, the man was rushed to a hospital where he later died.

+ captionA look Friday morning at the intersection of South Murray Boulevard and Byron Drive, near the crime scene in Colorado Springs where a man was shot. (Courtesy KOAA)